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Optimism soars on the airline industry’s recovery Aug 03, 2021

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https://www.ft.com/content/219d15f1-b6fa-471c-b0ed-2a2c4163f757

Forests in the US that generate the carbon offsets bought by companies including BP and Microsoft are on fire; Goldman Sachs looks to scale back its asset management business; and the International Monetary Fund has issued a warning over using cryptocurrency as legal tender. Plus, the FT’s Philip Georgiadis explains whether the airline industry’s resurgence is here to stay.

Carbon offsets going up in smoke as company-linked forests burn with climate reporter, Camilla Hodgson

https://www.ft.com/content/3f89c759-eb9a-4dfb-b768-d4af1ec5aa23?

Goldman mints billions through investments it is looking to shrink

https://www.ft.com/content/9fb175d7-fcf2-4d82-be0a-62ec49b6ab27

IMF warns on crypto as national currency ahead of El Salvador launch

https://www.ft.com/content/c36c45d2-1100-4756-a752-07a217b2bde0?

Clouds lift as confidence returns to battered airline industry with acting transport correspondent, Philip Georgiadis

https://www.ft.com/content/9214f0a8-cc60-4511-be5d-4362462e1896

The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Our intern is Zoe Han. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.

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How climate change is steering the future of food Aug 02, 2021

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https://www.ft.com/content/97741491-f1aa-4107-a84d-ebd874b1259d

House prices are increasing in almost every major economy in the wake of the pandemic, and the success of skateboarding in the Tokyo Olympics could have a real influence on Japan’s culture. Plus, the FT’s commodities correspondent, Emiko Terazono, explains how changing temperatures across the globe are shifting the seasons and the crops that farmers can grow.

Pandemic fuels broadest global house price boom in two decades

https://www.ft.com/content/491a245d-4af7-4cad-b860-6ba51b86b45f?

What growing avocados in Sicily tells us about climate change and the future of food, with commodities correspondent, Emiko Terazono.

https://www.ft.com/content/977fac14-49e0-4497-a435-6581e5792201

Olympics skateboard success sets up fight for sport’s future in Japan, with Asia business editor Leo Lewis

https://www.ft.com/content/d62e6d01-5181-4075-a171-25b542ab818f

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Amazon misses revenue targets in latest quarter Jul 30, 2021

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Amazon shares slumped in after-hours trading after the ecommerce giant missed Wall Street’s revenue targets, Robinhood shares stumbled out of the gate on Thursday, and China’s securities regulator has sought to ease concerns among international investors and banks. Plus, the FT’s labor and equality correspondent, Taylor Nicole Rogers, explains how some teenagers gained the upper hand in a hot US summer jobs market

Amazon’s online sales growth slows as lockdowns ease, with San Francisco correspondent, Dave Lee

https://www.ft.com/content/fbc5d16e-2917-4048-a9b4-0f3cc0d6da2e

Beijing seeks to ease fears on Wall Street after tech crackdown, with markets editor, Katie Martin

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Robinhood shares slide in debut as investors give broker cold shoulder

https://www.ft.com/content/ff5131d0-1332-4242-96b4-21d59cff9ba6

Teens gain the upper hand in hot US summer jobs market, with labour and equality correspondent Taylor Nicole Rogers

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Fed signals taper decision closer, India’s tech IPO boom Jul 29, 2021

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The Federal Reserve signalled it was moving closer to the moment when it will withdraw its support for the US economic recovery by tapering the central bank’s asset purchases, and the international lawyer Philippe Sands explains why he wants to create an international definition for the crime of ecocide. Plus, the FT’s Stephanie Findlay explains why Indian tech companies are going through an IPO boom.

Fed signals taper decision closer as ‘progress’ made on economy

https://www.ft.com/content/6b5992d3-967e-4a63-b159-a398654d6199

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India tech IPO boom to provide crucial test of investor appetite

https://www.ft.com/content/f6b35707-e7c5-4d30-8d11-5b8146183ca5?

Tesla co-founder’s battery recycling start-up raises $700m

https://www.ft.com/content/771498b8-9457-462f-aee0-e32db14eea49?

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Investors are spooked by China’s regulatory crackdowns Jul 28, 2021

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Apple’s profit nearly doubled in the latest quarter as iPhone sales surged, and a former oil trader at Glencore has pleaded guilty in the US over his part in a scheme to bribe government officials in Nigeria. Plus, the FT’s US investment editor, Michael Mackenzie, explains why China’s crackdown is burning investors.

Tech blowout: Apple profit nearly doubles as iPhone sales surge

https://www.ft.com/content/18cfeb9a-8596-4d23-badd-df9a62d510ab

Former Glencore trader pleads guilty to role in Nigeria bribery scheme, with natural resources editor Neil Hume

https://www.ft.com/content/392b610f-43c6-4496-bb16-977e1f31f015?

Beijing’s threat to VIEs triggers Wall St panic over Chinese stocks, with US investment editor Michael Mackenzie

https://www.ft.com/content/38ba7bb9-9a7e-4817-80cf-324bc9a4527b?

US law firms up ante on bonuses in war to win staff

https://www.ft.com/content/046d42d1-ec0b-4649-af6a-592430b5668c?

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The $30bn insurance broker deal that never came to be Jul 27, 2021

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The UK government will consider loosening travel restrictions for travellers from the EU and the US, Intel will change the way it names its most advanced technology and Japanese athletes are raking in the golds at the Tokyo Olympics. Plus, Ian Smith, the FT’s insurance correspondent, explains how pressure from the US Department of Justice caused the $30bn merger between Aon and Willis Towers Watson to collapse.

UK to consider relaxing travel restrictions from EU and US

https://www.ft.com/content/8f7b59c7-89b5-4ca5-a0a4-7f1355fab3e0?

Intel to drop names based on transistor size for advanced chip tech with west coast editor Richard Waters

https://www.ft.com/content/1afe75ed-7867-447d-abb8-6eea3598b029

Aon’s $30bn acquisition of Willis Towers Watson collapses, with insurance correspondent Ian Smith

https://www.ft.com/content/a6471af0-764d-49e7-87a0-dd2a2c110fd9

Tokyo Olympics Alternative medals table, with Asia business editor Leo Lewis

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The stock winners and losers half way through the year Jul 26, 2021

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The international community is responding to the military’s protest crackdown in a variety of ways, and a look at why Nasdaq is separating its existing marketplace for private company shares into a new unit. Plus, the FT’s markets editor, Katie Martin, talks about the performance of the FT’s annual stock picking contest, thus far.

US places sanctions on head of Cuban military over protest crackdown

https://www.ft.com/content/11d34723-0e79-4718-a9d3-7884ab96e306

Nasdaq: private market exchange is the next frontier, with US Lex editor Sujeet Indap

https://www.ft.com/content/630ac956-c521-4973-9d14-b707fe16c5a3?

FT stockpicking contest: winners and losers at the half way mark, with markets editor Katie Martin

https://www.ft.com/content/1625ef6f-83d5-4a0d-8bbf-7a61b06a963b?

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Introducing Tech Tonic: You Can’t Always Get What you Quant Jul 23, 2021

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As a News Briefing special we present Tech Tonic episode 3, our FT audio deep dive into how AI is gaining a new edge in markets.

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From picking the best stocks to listening in on earnings calls, AI-powered systems are changing finance. But how big are the rewards, really? And what are the risks? In this episode Robin Wigglesworth tells us how AI has been used in investing, what happens when programs must adapt to new risks and what the robots could learn from watching children play. Hosted by John Thornhill, innovation editor at the Financial Times, and featuring Luke Ellis (chief executive of Man Group), Ewan Kirk (founder of Cantab Capital Partners and chairman of Deeptech Labs), Andrew Ng (founder of DeepLearning.AI and co-founder of Google Brain), and Alison Gopnik (professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley).

Alice Fordham is senior producer. Josh Gabert Doyon is assistant producer. Oluwakemi Aladesuyi and Liam Nolan are the development producers. Sound design and mixing by Breen Turner. Cheryl Brumley is the executive producer for this series. Original scoring composed by Metaphor Music.

Review clips: Alphabet, Netflix, Amazon, Man Group.

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US housing prices spark officials’ concern Jul 22, 2021

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Washington and Berlin have reached a deal to resolve their longstanding dispute over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and Brussels has insisted it will not renegotiate the EU’s Brexit deal with the UK after London inflamed tensions by launching a bold push to overhaul Northern Ireland trade rules. Plus, rising housing expenses are quickly emerging as a pivotal indicator for officials at the Federal Reserve, within the Biden administration and among private economists.

EU rejects British plan to rip up Brexit deal with George Parker, political editor

https://www.ft.com/content/13ad8840-a83c-4871-a877-47b7001d839b

US and Germany reach truce over Nord Stream 2 pipeline with Aime Williams, US trade correspondent

https://www.ft.com/content/49210a4e-17ed-4a2e-a986-4efcadc7f342

US housing inflation: the sleeping giant that might tip the Fed’s hand with James Politi, Washington bureau chief

https://www.ft.com/content/efdf1845-6138-4af7-8d2b-c20df9fed218

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Netflix gambles on gaming and podcasting Jul 21, 2021

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Netflix gained 1.5m subscribers in the second quarter but lost 430,000 subscribers in the US and Canada, and UBS has launched a portfolio that invests solely in women-led hedge funds. Plus, the FT’s metals and mining correspondent, Henry Sanderson, talks about how the London Metals Exchange and the US-based CME Group are vying to capture rapid growth in demand for commodities tied to the electric car industry with new lithium futures contracts.

Netflix bleeds subscribers in US and Canada with no sign of recovery with Tim Bradshaw, global tech correspondent

https://www.ft.com/content/97ccbdab-6547-4d1b-bb3f-f251931901c2

UBS launches portfolio to invest in women-led hedge funds

https://www.ft.com/content/dab5a2b3-c083-411b-b2d1-969d6bcf862b

LME launches lithium contract as CME rivalry intensifies with Henry Sanderson, metal and mining correspondent

https://www.ft.com/content/5ff0aaa5-a501-42a5-85f4-76537cd6c990

French app Yuka brings people power to the supermarket aisle

https://www.ft.com/content/850d9f5c-b4ab-42d5-a53d-d25b3ae99c77

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